Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar
- Era
- The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
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Life in time
Overview
Abu Yusuf al-Qazwini, 'Abd al-Salam b. Muhammad b. Yusuf b. Bandar — shaykh of the Mu'tazila and author of the great Tafsir exceeding three hundred volumes; he studied kalam under the qadi 'Abd al-Jabbar at Ba'iri and heard from him and from Abu 'Umar Ibn Mahdi al-Farisi, moved through the lands and entered Egypt. 1
His condition
A man of many books, excessive cleverness and depth in the disciplines — only he called to i'tizal. He died in Dhu'l-Qa'da 488 at sixty-five years and some months. 1
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 385
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islam.museum contributors. “Abu Yusuf al-Qazwini, shaykh of the Mu'tazila”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/abu-yusuf-al-qazwini/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.